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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Beckenham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The following Table gives the number of cases notified during the year, the number removed to Hospital and the number of Deaths.
| Disease. | Beckenham | West Wickham | Total | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | Age Unknown | Admitted to Hospital | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | 96 | 37 | 133 | 11 | 59 | 59 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Chickenpox | 110 | 10 | 120 | — | 16 | 86 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mumps | 80 | 15 | 95 | — | 6 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| Polioencephalitis | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 70 | 37 | 107 | — | 17 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 34 | — |
| Measles | 200 | 118 | 318 | 7 | 117 | 168 | 14 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 7 | 23 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 | 18 |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| T.B. Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid B. | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Undulant Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| (11 were Hospital Confinements) Diphtheria | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |